Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Top Grossing Films of the Year Top Hat, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers The Miracle Rider Tumbling Tumbleweeds, starring Gene Autry Westward Ho, starring John Wayne Births January 8 - Elvis Presley, American singer February 16 - Sonny Bono, singer, actor, United States Representative April 5 - Peter Grant, actor, manager December 1 - Woody Allen, American film director Deaths Other Movies Released Bride of Frankenstein Mutiny on the Bounty, starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. David Niven and James Cagney also had roles A Midsummer Night's Dream, starring James Cagney and Mickey Rooney Les Misérables, starring Fredric March and Charles Laughton Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps Anna Karenina
Other Movies Released Bride of Frankenstein Mutiny on the Bounty, starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. David Niven and James Cagney also had roles A Midsummer Night's Dream, starring James Cagney and Mickey Rooney Les Misérables, starring Fredric March and Charles Laughton Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps Anna Karenina